Funding for this research was provided by:
Zhejiang Province Medical and Health Science and Technology Project (2017182785)
Zhejiang Province Medical and Health Science and Technology Project (2018244679)
Article History
Received: 22 November 2018
Accepted: 8 January 2019
First Online: 17 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study obtained approval from the Independent Ethics Committee of the Zhejiang Cancer Hospital to identify patients diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in our center. Because this was a retrospective study, consent was not obtained and patient records were anonymized and de-identified before analysis.
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